FLU, FEVER, VOMITING, DIARRHEA: 1  If your symptoms include fever and / or vomiting, contact your doctor. The strains of flu this season can be life threatening. 2  If you are vomiting, don't eat or drink for up to 1 hour after the latest instance. Then try 2 ounces of water or flat lemon-lime carbonated beverages.
GI Motitility In the Stomach. 1  Two types of movement (motility) occur in the stomach: peristalsis and segmentation (mixing). 2  The contractions occur about every 20 seconds and proceed from the body of the stomach toward the pyloric sphincter. 3  About 20% of the contractions in the stomach are peristaltic waves.
Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down a muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion. In humans, peristalsis is found in the contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract.It is wave contraction of longitudinal and circular muscles preceded by wave relaxation of these muscles. Earthworms use a similar mechanism to drive their locomotion.n humans, peristalsis is found in the contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract. It is wave contraction of longitudinal and circular muscles preceded by wave relaxation of these muscles.